Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Doris Ulmann
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Doris Ulmann is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her portrait photography.
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Photography Hall of Fame: Biography of Mathew Brady
Resource presents a comprehensive biography on famous photographer Matthew Brady, including examples of his early photographic work and Civil War work.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's First Look Into the Camera (Daguerreotypes)
A searchable database from the Library of Congress that provides a fascinating look into the history of photography from 1839-1864. There are images from the Matthew Brady Studio and studio portraits by black photographers James P. Ball...
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Amp: Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes
At this site from the American Museum of Photography, you can discover photography of Southworth and Hawes, "technical and creative innovators who sought to be recognized as artists." Read about the process of creating daguerreotypes and...
US Navy
Naval Historical Center: Benjamin W. Crowninshield
A portrait and biography of the fifth Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Crowninshield.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Artists, Making of African American Identity: V. 1
The artwork of four nineteenth-century free blacks expressed in portraits, landscapes, sculpture, and photography. Links to works from Joshua Johnson, Robert Scott Duncanson, Edmonia Lewis, and Augustus Washington are provided.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Timeline of the Daguerreian Era
Resource has a timeline of events that occurred during the time of the Daguerreotype, invented by Louis-Jacques-Mande' Daguerre.
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